Goodbye greenback.  They're coloring up US currency...
http://www.msnbc.com/news/841864.asp

NOOOOOO!!!

America's gone to plaid!   :o

I always thought American currency was boring.  I have been to Canada once and their currency is a riot of color.  In fact, most nations' currency is colorful, but we Americans have been stuck with boring green-and-black currency since they stopped printing silver certificates and "United States Notes."

wasnt that a movie?

Are there any forgers around anymore?  I know they break the law, but of all the felons in the world forgers and cat burglars have the most style.  And it ain't easy forging any nation's currency; especially nowadays, what with watermarks and embedded strips and microscopic writing.

I would hope there is a few dishonest forgers still out there since were payings so much to change our money.  I imagine that the technology has improved for them like every other industry and they are still in dishonest business.

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Are there any forgers around anymore?  I know they break the law, but of all the felons in the world forgers and cat burglars have the most style.  And it ain't easy forging any nation's currency; especially nowadays, what with watermarks and embedded strips and microscopic writing.
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Australia has had coloured money since decimal currency was introduced in 1966.

It has distinct advantages.  It is easier to identify at a glance (yes yes, like monopoly money, I know... ;)) and the notes are diferent sizes to assist sight impaired people.

But the biggest innovation over here in the last 15 years or so has been the complete eradication of paper currency in favour of polymer-based notes (plastic), incoporating a host of security features, including holographic images and the like.

Apart from the obvious problems for a backyard forger with issues such a holograms the plastic itself has made life more difficult.

Even the concept of colouring US money has got to make it harder to forge - and by colour I don't mean one shade but a range of shades and subtle changes throughout the note design.

The polymer changeover has essentially eradicated currency forgery here - someone will always get around it somehow, but anything that makes it harder has gotta be worthwhile....

Give it a go !  Change !

:)

It's about screaming time!!!!!!!!!

I was watching a special on forgery and counterfeiting money on the History Channel last year, and they said that US money is/was the easiest currency to fake, even with the security measures in place now.

My only concern is whether or not things like vending machines can be reprogrammed to accept the new money in a timely manner.  We currently have vending machines at the busiest subway stations that still cannot take the "new" five dollar bills.  ::)  It might not be possible, but I think they should reprogram the machines before releasing the new bills to the public.

There are still washing machines in my area that cannot take the "new" quarters.  And those have been around for almost four years. >:(

If I ever Step Over the Edge it will be as a forger, so I don't like seeing the bar raised like this.  Nor do I like the Mint distributing a dollar coin that is practically indistinguishable from a quarter.